Film4 FrightFest celebrates 10th year
at Glasgow Film Festival with three World, two European and six UK premiere
attractions
Kicking
off with a special screening on Thurs 26 Feb and hosting eleven
films on Fri Feb 27 and Sat 28 Feb, the UK’s favourite horror
fantasy festival celebrates ten ‘gore-ious’ years at its second home at the
Glasgow Film Festival with an all-exclusive slate of the freshest new horror
films around.
The shocktacular line-up starts on Thurs 26 Feb in sumptuous
Hammer-style with the UK premiere of the Edgar Allan Poe based ELIZA
GRAVES featuring an all-star Hollywood cast, including Kate Beckinsale,
Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess and Michael Caine.
Friday’s
fearsome line-up kicks off with the European premiere of THE ATTICUS
INSTITUTE, the paranormal activity shockumentary of the year, written and
directed by Chris Sparling, who wrote ‘Buried’. This is followed by the
World Premiere of THE HOARDER, starring an on-form Mischa Barton who
uncovers the worst horrors in the dank depths of a storage unit facility. Next
up is the riotous WYRMWOOD, the zombie black comedy full of catastrophic
carnage and over-the-top splatter. From Australian brothers Kiah and
Tristan Roache-Turner, it’s the deadpan bloodbath everybody is talking about.
The 9pmslot goes to 88, a glorious, gory and fast-paced homage to
cult exploitation revenge thrillers. This is the World Premiere for April
Mullen’s most graphic film to date, starring American Mary herself, Katharine
Isabelle. Rounding off the evening in terrifying style is the European Premiere
of THE ASYLUM (BACKMASK) – in which Marcus Nispel, director of ‘The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ and ‘Friday The 13th’ remakes. takes us
through a rampant landscape of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll possession.
Getting the Saturday programme off to a nerve-jangling start is the UK
premiere of the much anticipated and very disturbing CLOWN, produced by
Eli Roth. This is followed by FrightFest’s popular retrospective slot
which this year is Mario Bava’s BLOOD AND BLACK LACE, one of the most
influential genre movies of all time. Next up is the World Premiere of THE WOODS
MOVIE – a behind-the-scenes exclusive reveal to everything you ever needed
to know about how ‘The Blair Witch Project’ was produced, shot and marketed to
become a groundbreaking blockbusting classic. This has been directed, edited
and scripted by Russell Gomm, who is a long-serving member of the FrightFest TV
crew.
Saturday
evening unfolds in gut-wrenching style. Mo Hayder is one of Britain’s most
acclaimed crime authors, but it took the Flemish Film Industry to turn her
bestseller THE TREATMENT into a smash Euro success and FrightFest is
pleased to present the UK Premiere of this harrowing serial killer thriller.
This is followed by a real treat…FrightFest unleashed the Spanish sensation
[REC] onto unsuspecting audiences in Glasgow 2008 and the organisers are
delighted to host the UK Premiere of Jaume Balagueró’s [REC]: APOCALYPSE, the
shattering visceral conclusion to the global horror phenomenon. And to end the
FrightFest carnival of carnage is the UK premiere of the creepy, brain-freezingTHERE
ARE MONSTERS, an instant cult classic and one of the scariest ‘under the
radar’ movies of the year.
Alan
Jones, co-director, said today: It’s been a decade of the decayed. The Glasgow
Film Festival has been an instrumental part of FrightFest’s ever-increasing
success story in becoming the UK’s leading horror fantasy brand and we wanted
to do something extra special to celebrate our prestigious tenth milestone. So
it was important to us to showcase a whole range of brand new titles, many
of which will not have entered the genre conscious yet, and have
never been seen on UK shores before. Because our Scottish audiences
have always admired FrightFest for its cutting edge quirkiness, and our 2015
line-up reflects that approach to the horror hilt".
With
special guests, surprises on screen and off, new short films showcase surprises
and the festival’s unique community feeling, FrightFest at GFF has now become a
must-attend occasion on the horror fantasy fan's calendar.
The
festival’s guest line-up will be announced shortly.
To
book tickets:
Please
note that FrightFest passes go on sale Thurs 22 from 10am. Price: £70.
This covers all films on 27 & 28 Feb only.
Tickets for ‘Eliza Graves’ and the Fri/Sat films will go on
sale Mon 26 Jan from 10am. Prices: £9, £7 (concession)
Programme
details
THURS
26 FEB – GFT Screen 2
21:00 ELIZA
GRAVES (UK Premiere)
Synopsis: When
young Doctor Edward Newgate (Jim Sturgess) arrives at Stonehearst Asylum in search
of an apprenticeship he is warmly welcomed by superintendent Doctor Lamb (Ben
Kingsley).
At first, intrigued by Lamb’s modern methods of treating the insane, a series
of events and warnings from the stunningly beautiful Eliza Graves (Kate
Beckinsale)
lead him to make a shocking discovery. It’s a revelation that exposes Lamb’s
medical utopia and pushes Edward to the limits of his conscience. Nobody is who
or what they appear to be. Based on the Edgar Allan Poe story ‘The System of
Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether’.
Director:
Brad Anderson Screenwriter: Joe Gangemi 112 mins USA 2014
Cast:
Kate Beckinsale, Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Michael Caine
FRI
27 FEB – GFT Screen 1
13:00:
THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE (European Premiere)
Synopsis: Dr.
Henry West (William Mapother) founded The Atticus Institute in the 1970s to
study telekinesis, clairvoyance E.S.P. and other unexplained psi-related
phenomena. Thousands of subjects were tested using scientific methods many of
whom showed abilities defying explanation by known physical laws. But just
after West published the promising results of their research work, the small
facility was mysteriously shut down in November 1976 by a concerned US
Government. The reason? They met Judith Winstead (Rya Kihlstedt) whose supernatural
abilities tested far beyond anything ever before witnessed.
Director:
Chris Sparling Writer: Chris Sparling 92 mins USA 2015
Cast:
William Mapother, Rya Kihlstedt, Rob Kerkovich
16:00 THE
HOARDER (World Premiere)
Synopsis: When
Ella (Mischa Barton) discovers her Wall Street banker boyfriend is renting a
secret storage unit, she suspects he’s using it to hide an affair. Enlisting
the help of her best friend Molly (Emily Atack) she breaks into the
facility only to discover something more terrifying instead. Now trapped in a
darkened building with a group of neurotic strangers who start disappearing one
by one, Ella soon uncovers even worse horror in the dank depths. Her life or
death battle to escape eternal enslavement is about to begin….
Director:
Matt Winn Screenwriters: James Handel, Matt Winn, Chris Denne 84
mins UK 2015
Cast:
Mischa Barton, Robert Knepper, Charlotte Salt
18:30 WYRMWOOD
(UK Premiere)
Synopsis: A
post-apocalyptic zombie invasion, caused by a wayward comet, turns personal for
Barry, an Oz mechanic (Jay Gallagher) when his sister Brooke (Bianca Bradey) is abducted by a
sinister team of gas-masked soldiers for flesh-eating experiments by a mad
scientist. Sporting MAD MAX-style designs, a glorious sense of humour,
energetic execution, new and outrageous zombie lore and KC and the Sunshine
Band, this super-fresh spin on a favourite genre is a raucous riot of black
comedy, catastrophic carnage and over-the-top splatter.
Director:
Kiah Roache-Turner Screenwriters: Kiah Roache-Turner, Tristan
Roache-Turner
98
mins Australia 2014
Cast:
Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill
21:00 88
(World Premiere)
Synopsis: Gwen
(Katharine Isabelle) arrives disheveled at a mysterious roadside diner. But who
is she really because she has no idea where she is or how she got there in such
an anguished state. Split between two timelines, Gwen gets taken on a
violence-fuelled journey into death and destruction and becomes the most wanted
woman in Tennessee seeking out the person responsible for her lover's murder.
Director:
April Mullen Screenwriters: Tom Doiron, April Mullen 88 mins Canada
2015
Cast:
Katharine Isabelle, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Ironside
23:15 THE
ASYLUM (BACKMASK) (European Premiere)
Synopsis: Six
teens throw a party in a rundown building and find a vintage record. Talk turns
to ‘backmasking’ - subliminal messages recorded onto a music groove heard only
when the track is played backwards – and they play the vinyl for a giggle. Soon
a seemingly malevolent entity has infiltrated the group, wreaking havoc.
However the spirit is actually trying to convey a message and the real source
of horror is something - or someone - much closer to home.
Director:
Marcus Nispel Screenwriters, Marcus Nispel, Kirsten Elms 90 mins
USA 2015
Cast: Stephen Lang, Brett Dier, Brittany Curran
SAT 28
FEB – GFT Screen 1
11.00
CLOWN (UK Premiere)
Synopsis: When
the entertainer hired for his son’s sixth birthday party is a no-show, doting
father Kent dons a clown outfit himself. But after the festivities, he finds he
can’t take it off – the bulbous nose is stuck to his face, the frizzy wig glued
to his hair and the make-up permanently etched on his features. Too late he
learns the costume is the skin of an ancient demon and his family must race to
break the curse before the transformation into a homicidal killer with outsize
shoes is complete.
Director:
John Watts Screenwriters: Christopher D. Ford, John Watts 102 mins USA /
Canada 2014
Cast:
Peter Stormare, Eli Roth, Laura Allen
13:30 BLOOD
AND BLACK LACE (Retrospective Premiere)
Synopsis: Six
models at Contessa Cristina Como’s chic Rome fashion house are tortured and
violently murdered by a ghost-like masked psychopath for a telltale diary
containing incriminating scandal. A chiller way ahead of its time and
considered the main evolutionary starting point for the entire giallo genre
that would inspire Dario Argento, this key masterpiece of menace is presented
here in all its restored glory.
Director:
Mario Bava Screenwriters: Mario Bava, Giuseppe Barilla, Marcello Fondato
88 mins Italy 1964 (Subtitled)
Cast:
Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Lea Lander
16:00 THE
WOODS MOVIE (World Premiere)
Synopsis: In
October 1997, a group of filmmakers ventured into the Maryland woods to produce
a low budget independent horror movie. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT would become a
global phenomenon and began the ‘found footage’ genre that remains a potent
force today. Now for the first time you can see how that record-breaking
groundbreaker came into being. From never-before-seen recordings of
pre-production meetings, audition tapes and test footage to the actual
shooting, first preview screenings and marketing at the Sundance Film Festival,
all the key personnel guide you through the discussions and decisions that
minted a shock sensation classic.
Director:
Russell Gomm Screenwriter: Russell Gomm 84 mins USA 2015
Cast:
Edward Sanchez, Daniel Myrick, Gregg Hale
18:30 THE
TREATMENT/DE BEHANDELING (UK Premiere)
Synopsis: Nordic
Noir turns frighteningly Flemish in Belgium’s top-grossing film of 2014 based
on the serial-killer chiller by acclaimed British author Mo Hayder. Inspector
Nick Cafmeyer (Geert Van Rampelberg) is haunted by the unsolved disappearance of
his younger brother. A known sex offender was questioned but quickly released
who now takes fiendish pleasure in tormenting Nick. Now another similar case
comes to disturbing light involving a missing juvenile and Nick’s real nightmare
begins…
Director:
Hans Herbots Screenwriters: Mo Hayder, Carl Joos 125 mins Belgium
2014 (Subtitled)
Cast:
Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche
21:30 [REC]:
APOCALYPSE (UK Premiere)
Synopsis: Picking
up the intense action immediately after [REC] 2 - expanding on the mythos from
all three predecessors, plus referencing cult genre classics - TV reporter
Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) is extracted from the cursed apartment
building and taken to a high-security quarantine facility aboard an oil tanker.
There, in the bowels of the dark and desolate ship, Dr. Ricarte (Héctor
Colomé)
is experimenting with the infectious virus to find a cure before another living
dead outbreak occurs.
Director:
Jaume Balagueró Screenwriters: Jaume Balagueró and Manu Diez Spain
2014 96 mins
Cast:
Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzenado, Héctor Colomé
23:30 THERE
ARE MONSTERS (UK Premiere)
Synopsis: Monsters
are taking over the world, slowly, quietly and efficiently, but you won’t see
them coming until it’s far too late! Four film students embark on a road trip
to obtain promotional interviews for their college. However en route they
witness a series of odd events, strange behaviour, shocking actions and what
seems to be surplus of twins. Their well-ordered universe literally changes
before their camera lenses uncovering a terrifying secret lurking just under
the seemingly calm urban landscape.
Director:
Jay Dahl Screenwriter: Jay Dahl Canada 2014 96 mins
Cast:
Matthew Amyotte, Jason Daley, Michael Ray Fox
